Your recent sightings at Lakenheath Fen
Your recent sightings
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The sky is filling up - 20 May 2022
Wildlife news Hello and welcome to the latest blog. We have noticed a proliferation in flying insects of all kinds across the reserve recently. Butterflies, dragonflies, mayflies, beetles and hoverflies are everywhere you look especially on warm...
Posted 20 May 2022 by Heidi Jones -
Waders, butterflies, hobbies and a dragonfly - 24 April 2022
Hello and welcome to the latest blog- and there is an awful lot to mention! We have nearly all of our Spring migrants back now, and the arrival dates are below: Avocet 8 February Dunlin * 9 March Bittern (booming) 13 March Garganey 19 March Ruff *...
Posted 24 Apr 2022 by Heidi Jones -
Wildlife sightings and news from the reserve - 31 March 2022
Hello and welcome to the latest round-up from the team here at Lakenheath Fen- we have been spoilt for sightings lately, especially on the Washland with a wealth of ducks up there, including up to 56 avocet , 2 garganey , 4 shelduck , 3 ruff , 109...
Posted 31 Mar 2022 by Heidi Jones -
The first days of Spring at Lakenheath Fen - 16 March 2022
I think we can call this the first blog of Spring 2022, given that we have now had a couple of migrant birds in and a few insects on the wing too. Our first record this year of chiffchaff came on 7 January but since the beginning of March, they ha...
Posted 16 Mar 2022 by Heidi Jones -
Longer days and singing birds- February so far
Hello and welcome to the latest blog from our little piece of Fenland. We have been gifted with some really beautiful days here in February so far- we've had lots of sunshine but some cold starts to those sunny days! And the past couple of days ha...
Posted 17 Feb 2022 by Heidi Jones -
A round-up of our latest sightings - 28 January 2022
Wildlife Sightings Hello and welcome to the latest blog from RSPB Lakenheath Fen. The first month of the year has produced some fantastic sightings and in total our bird list for 2022 now sits at 78 species, thanks most recently to a red kite...
Posted 28 Jan 2022 by Heidi Jones
